Margaret Galvan
@margaretgalvan.bsky.social
Assoc Prof in visual rhetoric. Eisner-nominated In Visible Archives out with U Minnesota Press! 2021-22 Stanford Humanities Center faculty fellow researching LGBTQ cartoonists.
The Andy Warhol Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s Arts Writers Grant, & it includes me! I am so honored to be part of this cohort & have support to write my next book on lgbtq+ cartoonists! You can learn more about everyone’s projects at artswriters.org. #visualarts #queercomics
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The Andy Warhol Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s Arts Writers Grant, & it includes me! I am so honored to be part of this cohort & have support to write my next book on lgbtq+ cartoonists! You can learn more about everyone’s projects at artswriters.org. #visualarts #queercomics
A review of my book, In Visible Archives, is up in the latest issue of The American Archivist! It's a joy to be reviewed in such a storied publication and to receive a review where the author really gets what you're trying to do, down to the smallest of structural details! @uminnpress.bsky.social
August 8, 2024 at 3:45 PM
A review of my book, In Visible Archives, is up in the latest issue of The American Archivist! It's a joy to be reviewed in such a storied publication and to receive a review where the author really gets what you're trying to do, down to the smallest of structural details! @uminnpress.bsky.social
We are San Diego-bound! See y’all at the Eisner Awards on Friday night!!! My book, In Visible Archives, which celebrates the comics of Alison Bechdel, Roberta Gregory, and Lee Marrs, is up for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (Winners in each category will be announced live at the awards.)
July 25, 2024 at 11:06 AM
We are San Diego-bound! See y’all at the Eisner Awards on Friday night!!! My book, In Visible Archives, which celebrates the comics of Alison Bechdel, Roberta Gregory, and Lee Marrs, is up for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (Winners in each category will be announced live at the awards.)
I’m participating in a conversation later today about teaching students how to use Wikipedia to help preserve LGBTQ+ history! Register here: tinyurl.com/WikiLGBTQ
June 17, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I’m participating in a conversation later today about teaching students how to use Wikipedia to help preserve LGBTQ+ history! Register here: tinyurl.com/WikiLGBTQ
Join us tmrw, 6/6, online at noon (EST) for a convo on comics & censorship, centering around Fredric Wertham's infamous Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Thrilled to be chatting w/ @anuncivilphd.bsky.social, @qianawhitted.bsky.social, & Library of Congress folx!
Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
June 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Join us tmrw, 6/6, online at noon (EST) for a convo on comics & censorship, centering around Fredric Wertham's infamous Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Thrilled to be chatting w/ @anuncivilphd.bsky.social, @qianawhitted.bsky.social, & Library of Congress folx!
Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
Register here: tinyurl.com/wertham70
Hey friends, my book has been hyped about its Eisner nomination for Best Scholarly/Academic Work & wants to remind you that the deadline to register to vote if you haven’t voted before is tomorrow, May 30, via this form: cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c. @uminnpress.bsky.social
May 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Hey friends, my book has been hyped about its Eisner nomination for Best Scholarly/Academic Work & wants to remind you that the deadline to register to vote if you haven’t voted before is tomorrow, May 30, via this form: cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c. @uminnpress.bsky.social
Some MAJOR news! My book, In Visible Archives, has been nominated for an EISNER for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (The Eisners are the top awards in the comics industry & getting nominated is the equivalent to being nominated for an Oscar.) I’m over the moon! @uminnpress.bsky.social
May 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Some MAJOR news! My book, In Visible Archives, has been nominated for an EISNER for Best Academic/Scholarly Work! (The Eisners are the top awards in the comics industry & getting nominated is the equivalent to being nominated for an Oscar.) I’m over the moon! @uminnpress.bsky.social
The Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature is out! My chapter, “Comics as Trans Literature,” discusses the history of trans cartoonists in 20th century America. This is a rich volume you’re definitely going to want to check out!
May 14, 2024 at 7:43 PM
The Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature is out! My chapter, “Comics as Trans Literature,” discusses the history of trans cartoonists in 20th century America. This is a rich volume you’re definitely going to want to check out!
Traveling this am to UNT to give a talk from my book In Visible Archives and do a teach-in about LGBTQ comics and archival research! Hyped for this doubleheader!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social #comics #archives #invisiblearchives
March 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Traveling this am to UNT to give a talk from my book In Visible Archives and do a teach-in about LGBTQ comics and archival research! Hyped for this doubleheader!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social #comics #archives #invisiblearchives
Issue 14.3 of ImageTexT is out, which features interviews w/ queer cartoonists from the 80s-90s crafted by my brilliant undergrad students! So thrilled that you can now learn about the vital work of Hope Barrett, N. Leigh Dunlap, Rebecca Gordon, & Sina Shamsavari imagetextjournal.com/burtch-inter...
February 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Issue 14.3 of ImageTexT is out, which features interviews w/ queer cartoonists from the 80s-90s crafted by my brilliant undergrad students! So thrilled that you can now learn about the vital work of Hope Barrett, N. Leigh Dunlap, Rebecca Gordon, & Sina Shamsavari imagetextjournal.com/burtch-inter...
Thx to every1 who came to my book event at Third House Books. My ❤️’s so full—not only did we pack the house, but we sold out all the books on hand! It means a lot to share my work w/ my Gainesville community. If u still want a copy of the book, u can order thru Third House. @uminnpress.bsky.social
December 8, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Thx to every1 who came to my book event at Third House Books. My ❤️’s so full—not only did we pack the house, but we sold out all the books on hand! It means a lot to share my work w/ my Gainesville community. If u still want a copy of the book, u can order thru Third House. @uminnpress.bsky.social
The Graduate Comics Organization at the University of Florida invites proposals to our annual conference: "Ink & Imagination: Exploring Children's Comics," to be held Apr. 5-7, 2024.
Andre Frattino & Alison Halsall will be the keynote speakers.
Submit by Jan. 8; CFP: tinyurl.com/gco24
Andre Frattino & Alison Halsall will be the keynote speakers.
Submit by Jan. 8; CFP: tinyurl.com/gco24
December 6, 2023 at 6:43 PM
The Graduate Comics Organization at the University of Florida invites proposals to our annual conference: "Ink & Imagination: Exploring Children's Comics," to be held Apr. 5-7, 2024.
Andre Frattino & Alison Halsall will be the keynote speakers.
Submit by Jan. 8; CFP: tinyurl.com/gco24
Andre Frattino & Alison Halsall will be the keynote speakers.
Submit by Jan. 8; CFP: tinyurl.com/gco24
For the GLBT Historical Society's recent newsletter, I shared about the archival research into trans and queer zines and comics that I did there in 2021-2022.
Link: www.glbthistory.org/newsletter-a...
Link: www.glbthistory.org/newsletter-a...
November 29, 2023 at 6:59 PM
For the GLBT Historical Society's recent newsletter, I shared about the archival research into trans and queer zines and comics that I did there in 2021-2022.
Link: www.glbthistory.org/newsletter-a...
Link: www.glbthistory.org/newsletter-a...
It’s a bit unreal seeing my book at ASA and on the University of Minnesota Press banner, as well! For the conference, University of Minnesota Press is offering a 40% off discount code (MNAMST23) that you can use through their website: z.umn.edu/amst23 @uminnpress.bsky.social #ASA2023
November 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM
It’s a bit unreal seeing my book at ASA and on the University of Minnesota Press banner, as well! For the conference, University of Minnesota Press is offering a 40% off discount code (MNAMST23) that you can use through their website: z.umn.edu/amst23 @uminnpress.bsky.social #ASA2023
Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be sharing about my new book, In Visible Archives, at FAU as part of their LGBTQ History Month events! So thrilled to share about this important work at another public institution in Florida!
October 19, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be sharing about my new book, In Visible Archives, at FAU as part of their LGBTQ History Month events! So thrilled to share about this important work at another public institution in Florida!
"One of the things that visibility does is when we have the space for queer visibility is that people don’t have to feel so alone."
I had a blast talking visibility on the High Theory Podcast; I shared ex.s from my new bk, In Visible Archives! hightheory.net/2023/10/07/v...
@uminnpress.bsky.social
I had a blast talking visibility on the High Theory Podcast; I shared ex.s from my new bk, In Visible Archives! hightheory.net/2023/10/07/v...
@uminnpress.bsky.social
October 16, 2023 at 3:42 PM
"One of the things that visibility does is when we have the space for queer visibility is that people don’t have to feel so alone."
I had a blast talking visibility on the High Theory Podcast; I shared ex.s from my new bk, In Visible Archives! hightheory.net/2023/10/07/v...
@uminnpress.bsky.social
I had a blast talking visibility on the High Theory Podcast; I shared ex.s from my new bk, In Visible Archives! hightheory.net/2023/10/07/v...
@uminnpress.bsky.social
Tomorrow night, 10/7 at 7:30pm I'll be talking about my book In Visible Archives with Julie Kubala at Charis, the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore! I'll be live in Atlanta and also livestreamed online. More details here: www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/visibl... @uminnpress.bsky.social
October 6, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Tomorrow night, 10/7 at 7:30pm I'll be talking about my book In Visible Archives with Julie Kubala at Charis, the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore! I'll be live in Atlanta and also livestreamed online. More details here: www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/visibl... @uminnpress.bsky.social
Every week this Oct., you can catch me talking about In Visible Archives, my first book! I've written a round-up on Substack of where I'll be, including this Saturday at Charis Books & More in Atlanta!
Link: margaretgalvan.substack.com
Link: margaretgalvan.substack.com
October 4, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Every week this Oct., you can catch me talking about In Visible Archives, my first book! I've written a round-up on Substack of where I'll be, including this Saturday at Charis Books & More in Atlanta!
Link: margaretgalvan.substack.com
Link: margaretgalvan.substack.com
Today’s the day!!! In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s is OUT and available for purchase from your fave book retailers and also free to read online! Hope you enjoy!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social
September 26, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Today’s the day!!! In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s is OUT and available for purchase from your fave book retailers and also free to read online! Hope you enjoy!!! @uminnpress.bsky.social
Happy belated Bi Visibility Day from this bisexual author and her bisexual book,* which is officially hitting the shelves tomorrow!
*Two of the five chapters feature bisexual women artists, and the cover is rendered in gorgeous bisexual colors!
@uminnpress.bsky.social
*Two of the five chapters feature bisexual women artists, and the cover is rendered in gorgeous bisexual colors!
@uminnpress.bsky.social
September 25, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Happy belated Bi Visibility Day from this bisexual author and her bisexual book,* which is officially hitting the shelves tomorrow!
*Two of the five chapters feature bisexual women artists, and the cover is rendered in gorgeous bisexual colors!
@uminnpress.bsky.social
*Two of the five chapters feature bisexual women artists, and the cover is rendered in gorgeous bisexual colors!
@uminnpress.bsky.social
We're one week out from the official book release date, and I have some fun things to share where you can hear me talking about my book, In Visible Archives! 1/3
September 19, 2023 at 3:08 PM
We're one week out from the official book release date, and I have some fun things to share where you can hear me talking about my book, In Visible Archives! 1/3
It is beyond surreal to hold your first book in your hands. I’m so thrilled to finally be able to flip through In Visible Archives—it’s emotional to see your words on the printed page and how beautifully all the visuals were rendered. 1/3 @uminnpress.bsky.social
September 8, 2023 at 7:57 PM
It is beyond surreal to hold your first book in your hands. I’m so thrilled to finally be able to flip through In Visible Archives—it’s emotional to see your words on the printed page and how beautifully all the visuals were rendered. 1/3 @uminnpress.bsky.social
In an hour, book talk season begins w/ a virtual talk for the NY Comics Picture-story Symposium! Hyped to share portions of chapter 2 & celebrate Roberta Gregory's & Lee Marrs' important comics activism in feminist & gay/lesbian publications in the 70s-80s. Be there or be square.
September 5, 2023 at 10:03 PM
In an hour, book talk season begins w/ a virtual talk for the NY Comics Picture-story Symposium! Hyped to share portions of chapter 2 & celebrate Roberta Gregory's & Lee Marrs' important comics activism in feminist & gay/lesbian publications in the 70s-80s. Be there or be square.
Friends, join me next Tues, 9/5, as I talk virtually about Lee Marrs' & Roberta Gregory's feminist/gay comics from the 70s-80s as part of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium. This talk previews a book chapter from In Visible Archives, which is out late Sept with @uminnpress.bsky.social
August 31, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Friends, join me next Tues, 9/5, as I talk virtually about Lee Marrs' & Roberta Gregory's feminist/gay comics from the 70s-80s as part of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium. This talk previews a book chapter from In Visible Archives, which is out late Sept with @uminnpress.bsky.social
In a little over a month and a half, my first book, In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s, will be out in the world! @uminnpress.bsky.social is offering a generous 40% off discount when you preorder at z.umn.edu/8mgb using code MN90040 (valid thru 9/1).
August 7, 2023 at 5:00 PM
In a little over a month and a half, my first book, In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s, will be out in the world! @uminnpress.bsky.social is offering a generous 40% off discount when you preorder at z.umn.edu/8mgb using code MN90040 (valid thru 9/1).